Urinal disinfectant-holder.



D. A. BROWN.

URINAL DISINFECTANT HOLDER.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID A. BROWN, OF WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY.

URINAL DISINFECTANT-HOLDER.

Application filed November 11, 1914.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States. residing at -Woodbridge, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Urinal Disinfectant-l-lolders, of which the following a specification.

This invention relates to urinal disinfectant holders.

More particularlv, it belongs to devices constructed to hold bodies of disinfectant material, and be placed in urinals or sinks without being suspended in or attached the'cto.

This invention comprises a yielding spiral wire coil, having means for securing its ends together thereby form ng the coil into a. spiral ring construc ed to contain bodies, usually globular. of dis nfectant material.

It is found in practice that a yielding spiral ring container for d sinfectants may be knocked about in earthenware urinals during the cleaning of the urinals. or. even tossed into the urinal w thout b eaking the gla7ed surfaces. as would a. solid and relativelv hard bodv.

This invent on furthermore comprises means fo vie dinglv separating the portions of the coil while in ring form. for the introduct on of or discharge of the disinfectglo ules. It ena les the holder to be charged or discharged w th the globules mo e ouicklv than if the coil were not provided with equ valent means for the same purpose.

The construction and arrangement of the parts of this invent on are set forth in the accompanving drawings. of which- Figure 1 represents a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a section of a po tion of the coil on the broken line m-m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of a portion of the coil on the broken line 7 -7 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section of the lever and fulcrum members formed of the wire. the section being upon the broken line zz of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the wire levers and fulcrum members. and shows the coil with its axis in a direct line.

Throughout the drawings and description, the same letter is used to refer to the same art. p Considering the drawings, the spiral wire coil. which is formed of one continuous piece of wire, mav be supposed, for the purposes of this explanation. to have two portions 2 marked A and a. The intermediate, double Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 871,500.

coiled parts B and b, are usually located about midway between the ends of the coil.

In Fig. 1, the parts of the wire referred to by the letters (3 and 0, leading from the double coils B and 6, turn upwardly into outwardly-extending parts D and (Z. and the wire is bent to form the parts E and f. The wire is again bent upon itself to form the parts 6 and F, and the actual middle portion of the wire is turned upwardly into an inverted U-shaped member. The member G is the fulcrum, and it engages the bends or shoulders between the parts D and E, and (Z and 7,-as set out in Figs. 1 and 5. The loops formed by the parts E. e. and F and f of the wire. comprise the ends of two le ers on the same side of the fulcrum G. The remain ng legs of the levers consist of the parts D. C. B. and (Z. c, 7), on the other side of'the fulcrum member G. Of the two ends of the Wire coil. the end H is formed into a tapering spiral. terminated by a hook h. The other end of the wire is simply turned into a plurality of substantially annular coils J.

In explaining the operation of this invention, let it be assumed that the coil. having its ax s in a straight line, as indicated bv the middle portion of the coil shown in F g. 5, is bent into a ring as illustrated in Fig. 1. and the ta ering spiral end H inserted in the annular terminal coils J. the hook h being eng ged as shown to hold the ends together. The coil may be bent into ring form even when. as is often done. it has been filled with disinfectant balls before being bent into a ring. lVhen the axis of the coil is straight, the coil may be charged with disinfectant bodies bv introducing them in the open end having the annular coils J. When the coil has been so charged and bent into the ring form, the tapering end coils H passing into the coils J, prevent the escape of the disinfectant bodies. That is to say, when the coil has been bent into the ring form and the hook engaged as illustrated in Fig. 1, the open end is closed. The halls lie side by side in the coil as indicated by the broken line circles K in Fig. 1. After the hook it has been engaged as shown and described, it is usually inconvenient to disengage the ends of the coil to introduce new disinfectant balls. If when it is desired to introduce additional balls, the ends of the loops formed by the parts E, e, and F, f, of the Having now described this invention and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is:

1. A urinal disinfectant holder, compris ing a spiral wire coil, releasable devices for securing the ends of the coil together thereby forming the'same into a spiral ring, and the said coil having connecting means whereby one portion of the coil may be sep arated from another portion for the intro duction of disinfectant bodies. k

2. A urinal disinfectant holder, "compris ing a ring formed of spirally coiled wire, the said spiral wire ring having double coil portions arranged next to each other, and a resilient hand-operated device connected withthe said double coil portions whereby the said portions may be moved and held apart during the application of forceto the said device.

3. A urinal disinfectant holder, comprising a spiral wire coil, releasable means for securing the ends of the coil thereby forming the same into a spiral ring, and means including'levers and a fulcrum formed of the wire of the coil and constructed to separate one portion of the coil from another portion thereof for the introduction of disinfectant bodies.

4. A urinal disinfectant holder, comprising a spiral wire coil having one end open,

the other end having tapering coils of wire provided with a hook, the said tapering coils being constructed to enter the said open. end when the coil is bent into ring form,-and the said hook being arranged to engage the wire of the-coil and hold the coil in ring form.

5. A urinal disinfectant holder, comprising a spiral wire coil, devices for securing the ends of the coil together thereby forming the coil into a spiral ring, and means yieldingly connecting portions of the coil whereby oneportion may be separated from another portion for the introduction of disinfectant bodies.

In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID A. BROWN.

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Washington, I). G. 

